UK News
29th May 2014
A-Gas offers high spec CO2
[caption id="attachment_5583" align="alignright" width="400"] A-Gas technicians carry out tests on the new refrigerant[/caption] UK: With demand for “natural” refrigerants increasing, Bristol-based A-Gas has launched a…
28th May 2014
WR creditors may receive 1p in the pound
UK: WR Refrigeration’s unsecured creditors will only receive, at best, 1p in the £1, the administrator PWC has revealed. PWC’s first progress report also reveals…
28th May 2014
Klima-Therm targets growth
[caption id="attachment_5562" align="alignright" width="200"] Craig MacFadyen[/caption] [caption id="attachment_5564" align="alignright" width="200"] Evangelos Metaxas[/caption] UK: Klima-Therm, the Wimbledon-based air conditioning specialist, has announced two new appointments to…
28th May 2014
Industry welcomes air-source incentive
UK: The government’s announcement of the long overdue inclusion of air-source heat pumps in the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive has been welcomed by industry. The…
28th May 2014
Balfour Beatty lands £180m contract
UK: Balfour Beatty has been given the job to deliver up to £180m of infrastructure works on Terminals 1, 2 and 4 for Heathrow Airport.…
27th May 2014
B&ES updates DW/144
UK: The Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES) has published important updates to its ductwork specifications DW/144 and DW/143. DW/144: Specification for Sheet Metal Ductwork,…
27th May 2014
Ice Factory denied lottery funding
UK: The Great Grimsby Ice Factory Trust (GGIFT) has been unsuccessful in its bid for £11m of Heritage Lottery funding. The group has plans to…
21st May 2014
Fujitsu closes Wave Air Conditioning
UK: Japanese air conditioning manufacturer Fujitsu General is to close Wave Air Conditioning, the UK distributor it bought in 2009. The purchase of Wave was…
21st May 2014
Mitsubishi to sponsor Ebbsfleet United
[caption id="attachment_5363" align="alignright" width="400"] Getting shirty: (l to r) Dr Abdullah Al-Humaidi, chairman of Ebbsfleet United; Steve Fleming, national sales manager, Mitsubishi Electric; Peter Varney,…
20th May 2014
B&ES gift to sailing charity
[caption id="attachment_5312" align="alignright" width="300"] Daniel Ball (right) presents the B&ES cheque to Otley Sailing Club commodore Paul Karran (left). Also pictured is James, a pupil…
20th May 2014
McQuay offers free maintenance
UK: McQuayService is offering customers one year’s free maintenance on all scroll and screw chillers as part of its new customer care package. Mechanical, refrigerant,…
17th May 2014
Airedale wins Datacentre award
UK: Airedale won the Datacentre Energy Efficiency Product of the Year trophy for its SmartCool PAC system at Thursday night’s Data Centre Solutions Awards in…
16th May 2014
Top names honoured at NACRA Awards
UK: Two of the industry's top names were amongst the big winners at last night's National Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Awards at the deceptively ornate Birmingham…
15th May 2014
CDL offers online training
UK: Air conditioning distributor Cool Designs has launched an online video training programme to update engineers' skills. There are more than 20 titles available to…
14th May 2014
Carrier technology is right for Gist
UK: One of the UK’s largest distributors of chilled and ambient goods, Gist, has added longer semi-trailers (LSTs) to its fleet, each specified with Carrier…
13th May 2014
Contractors positive on growth
UK: The specialist sector experienced encouraging signs of growth in the first quarter of 2014 according to the latest NSCC State of Trade survey. The…
9th May 2014
Mitsubishi launches ac apprenticeships
UK: Mitsubishi Electric has announced the launch of a new, national apprenticeship scheme to train the air conditioning engineers of the future. The scheme is…
6th May 2014
Parkes joins Airedale
[caption id="attachment_5104" align="alignright" width="300"] Andy Parkes[/caption] UK: Airedale International has appointed Andy Parkes as area sales engineer for the West Midlands. Andy Parkes, who joins…
6th May 2014
Hill Phoenix takes stake in Space Engineering
[caption id="attachment_5100" align="alignright" width="405"] The Danish Advansor CO2 refrigeration system is part of the Hill Phoenix portfolio[/caption] UK: US manufacturer Hill Phoenix has taken a…
1st May 2014
B&ES Wales raises £1,700 for charity
[caption id="attachment_5024" align="alignright" width="300"] B&ES president elect Andy Sneyd (left) and B&ES Wales chairman Andy Tonkin photographed during the event at the Vale Resort[/caption] UK:…
1st May 2014
Service-Tech opens Scottish office
UK: Service-Tech, a leading provider of air conditioning inspection services, has expanded into Scotland with a new office in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Although headquartered in Telford with…